How do I create a recurring check-in using Menti Pulse?

In this guide, you will learn how to create a recurring check-in using Menti Pulse. Menti Pulse is designed for short, repeated check-ins that allow you to collect feedback over time and track changes in participant responses, such as confidence, understanding, engagement, or workload.

1. Log into your Mentimeter Account

Info: You can log into your Mentimeter account here:

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Tip: Remember to log in using your SSO.

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Enter your @fullerton.edu email.

Enter your university email

Info: You may need to log in using your CSUF Portal Username and Password and perform DUO authentication.

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2. Now, you should be at the Mentimeter home screen

Tip: From the Mentimeter home screen, you can choose between three products: Live, Form, or Pulse. These options are also available by selecting New Menti +. In this guide, you will use Menti Pulse.

Mentimeter home screen

3. Hover your mouse into the "Pulse" box and select "Post a check-in"

Menti Pulse option on the Mentimeter home page with a highlighted Post a check-in button for creating a recurring Pulse activity.

4. You are now at the Menti Pulse editor screen

Info: Menti Pulse is designed for short, recurring check-ins that help instructors track participant feedback over time. It can be used to monitor trends in student confidence, understanding, engagement, or workload and is especially useful when you want to regularly check in with students throughout a course.  

Example: An instructor could send a weekly Pulse asking, “How confident do you feel about this week’s course material?” and review how student confidence changes from week to week.

Below you can see the numbers that are associated with each area of the Menti Pulse editor screen:

  1. Add your question. Could be something simple as "How confident do you feel about this week’s course material?"
  2. Select some pre-made questions for your Menti Pulse.
  3. Edit your Menti Pulse and select the schedule, voting deadline, and add recpients.
  4. Use the AI Assistant to help generate or refine your Pulse question by describing the type of recurring feedback or check-in you want to collect.
  5. View the results of your Menti Pulse.
  6. Give a name to your Menti Pulse.
  7. Share and Preview your Menti Pulse. You can share by inserting your student's CSUF Email addresses.
  8. Use the Help button to access Mentimeter support resources
Menti Pulse editor with numbered annotations highlighting the question field, suggested questions, scheduling, AI Assistant, Create and Results tabs, Pulse title, Preview and Share buttons, and Help button.

5. Set your Menti Pulse

Info: You can schedule your Menti Pulse to be Daily, Weekdays, Weekly, Every Two Weeks, or Monthly. Monday through Sunday, any hour of the day. You can set a voting deadline after 12 hours, 1 day, or 3 days. You can also enter the recipients CSUF email addresses.

Menti Pulse setup panel showing a weekly schedule, Monday at 9:00 AM, a one-day voting deadline, and an option to add recipients.

6. Your Menti Pulse is now ready to share with participants

Info: You can now preview your Pulse, share it with participants, and schedule recurring check-ins to collect responses over time.

Article Summary

You have now learned how to create a recurring check-in using Menti Pulse, as well as how to navigate and use the main features available within the Menti Pulse editor.